A week ago, holiday titles dominated Billboard’s album chart, occupying half the top 10. But now that streaming playlists are no longer overindexing on roasting chestnuts, things have gone back to normal. Which means, of course, that Taylor Swift is (still) on top.
Swift’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” her latest rerecording, holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, the sixth time the album has landed at the top since its release 10 weeks ago. In a slow week for music sales, though, the new “1989” held its perch with the equivalent of a modest 64,000 sales in the United States, according to the tracking service Luminate — a lower take than any No. 1 album had in 2023. (The lowest chart-topping sales number last year was for Morgan Wallen’s 16th time at No. 1 with his hit “One Thing at a Time,” back in October, when it earned 75,000.)
Three other Swift titles charted high this week: “Midnights” is No. 5, “Lover” is No. 6 and “Folklore” is No. 10.
The rest of the Top 10 is all repeats, with nary a sprig of mistletoe in sight: Wallen’s “One Thing” (No. 2), Drake’s “For All the Dogs” (No. 3), Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday 2” (No. 4), SZA’s “SOS” (No. 7), Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season” (No. 8) and Zach Bryan’s recent self-titled LP (No. 9).
